Chapter 19 (1/2)
”You should have come a little earlier.” Opal began their lunch with this sentence and said something about Dushu to the spanner.
The spanner used a knife and fork to deal with a large piece of mixed meat steak on his plate, listening absently.
After eating his grilled fish, opal wiped his mouth with his napkin and said, ”maybe it's too late for him to come back.”
”I don't think it's a good idea.” Wrench slow.
Opal said the story of Dushu passionately and turned on the wrench, which had no ups and downs. Suddenly, he felt sleepy.
Opal: you can be a mercenary without being familiar with combat skills, can't you? So Dushu can play his due role
”Yes.” The spanner said, ”but the ideal is ideal because it can't be changed by anything. The trouble that money can solve is not trouble, and the ideal that will be wiped out by reality is not ideal. ”
Opal suddenly understood something. Holding a fork with a spanner, he said, ”I once doubted myself, because I was not good at fighting. I was slow in my reflexes. At the worst of times, I stood at the gate of the trade union and was in the rain. Even at that time, I didn't have the idea of” give up and go home. ”
Opal said, ”so what do you think?”
”This damned weather.” The spanner shrugged: ”then Lily came. She was the daughter of the old regiment. She gave me an umbrella.”
Opal took a long breath, took a cup of iris wine with a spanner and said, ”your friend, he is just forced to make a living, so even if you tell him, it will not help much.”
Opal nodded, snapped his finger, and said to the robot, ”two more coffees. Spanner, have you ever heard of some archaic mecha in this universe? ”
When it comes to mecha, there seems to be a little more in the wrench's eyes. Instead of being a half dead ghost, he seems to be thinking carefully and carefully. Finally, he said, ”I've heard of it. How do you know that? ”
Opal added three teaspoons of milk and two teaspoons of sugar in his coffee. He liked it very much. Compared with B-11, mercenary country is a new paradise. Its food and clothing are civilian and life-oriented. Unlike scarlet planet, it has a sense of technological city that keeps the country bumpkin out of the door. In liexing, there is everything and no question will be ridiculed. This is an inclusive degree Very high.
”The teacher told me.” Opal savored the delicious milk in his mouth: ”he said that there is a kind of mecha called the Dragon ray, which can be broken down into many pieces of metal and self assemble.”
Opal mysteriously describes a dragon ray mecha to the wrench.
The wrench listened deadpan and finally said, ”I don't think there's such a thing.”
Opal was defeated.
”Yes.” ”They are the mount of the star knight,” opal said
Wrench: ”No
Opal: Yes
The spanner regretfully said, ”no, this violates the material rule. How can a jewelry become a mecha?”
Opal: ”maybe the rest of the parts are usually hidden in the five-dimensional space, er, or somewhere else...”
The spanner said, ”you can think of it as a fairy tale. Just as a historian once said, the core of the universe is a DNA spinning hourglass. ”
”Forget it,” opal said sadly
The spanner said, ”but I've heard a little bit about where the prehistoric mecha came from.”
Opal's eyebrows moved and said, ”what?”
”There are so many cultural relics in this universe that have nothing to do with us. As you know, human beings come from the galaxy, a star system called the solar system in Orion's spiral arm.”
”I know that,” opal said
”The origin of man was a water blue planet called the earth,” the wrench said. On the day when the fifth dimensional space transition technology was put into practice, the ancestors began to explore the whole universe. This day was designated as the beginning of the first year of the optical era. Now all the interstellar measurement units follow the metric system of the ancestor earth. The period of the asteroid revolving around the earth is called the cosmic moon, and the earth's revolution period is called the cosmic year, etc... ”
Opal nodded, and the spanner said: ”besides human beings, there are more unknown fields in the universe, including some relics of civilization formed in the tens of billions of years after the big bang. Among these relics, there may be Archaean fighters. Wang's ”God of war” technology was refitted in this galaxy, and it was equipped with a long gun from ancient ruins in deep space. ”
Opal said, ”is his mecha Archaean?”
The wrench made an indifferent action: ”it's only a small part. It's a magic star merchant's thing. We don't like doing business with magic star people Especially our direct mercenary brothers. They are good at hypnosis and subconscious influence. They sell you a piece of junk and hypnotize you at the same time. They tell you that they are very expensive things. If you run into them, you will be robbed completely. But Wang is very powerful. He is never hypnotized. He bought it from the magic star merchant. Now this weapon is added to his mechaOpal nodded thoughtfully.
”Maybe one day in the future.” The spanner said, ”you will receive similar tasks. Remember to bring something back for my research. I am willing to pay or offer you some private invention as reward...”
Opal: ”forget it...”
Spanner: ”thank you for lunch. I wish you a long life.”
The next class was tedious and tedious. Opal listened to the wrench's hypnotic voice every day, trying to keep his attention focused on other aspects. Apart from this factor of arousing students' enthusiasm, spanner is a very good teacher and his course is very practical.
Even some of the things Lecter taught him had not been thoroughly explained by the wrench himself. The spanner taught them how to crash land on the planet to minimize the wear and tear of the spacecraft, and how to deal with starpirates in space.
Pirates usually do not come to rob mercenaries. For one thing, there is no oil and water to fish. On the other hand, they are afraid of Azeroth, the God of war. However, if you encounter the escorting client or goods, it will be counted separately. The spanner told many cases of using the spaceship to escape from death, although opal felt that he would not be able to use it for a long time.
”Don't leave all the work to the control system.” ”It's very important to control the spacecraft manually. Remember the last magnetic storm? The Star Airlines train was late, and finally thousands of pilots manually controlled the shuttle, bypassing the lightning and sending all the mercenaries back to their destination
”Optical brain route calculation is a lazy thing.” ”The most complex program in the universe can't learn as well as an earthworm,” spanner said. Computers do not have the near death potential of human beings, let alone prepare to judge under the tense situation and escape from life. You should be interested in the next practice. Have a good time
The students finally wait for the practical driving course. The last cycle is the integration of all the courses. They need to sit in the holographic cockpit and operate the spacecraft for simulation training. Most small spaceships are easy to use and equipped with navigation and automatic navigation systems. It takes at least 10 years to learn this course in the space Academy. However, for junior mercenaries, it is enough to learn some basic skills in 21 space days.
After all, the larger mercenary regiments are equipped with special technicians, and recruits only need to be familiar with the general operation. For most people who are too poor to be mercenaries, there will be no spaceships for him to drive.
Opal had his own spaceship, and he studied it very seriously.
At the end of the last cycle, the history course, combat training, spirit test and aerospace control were assessed as a whole, and all of them got a score.
So that's the end.
When Opal got his report card, he suddenly felt a sense of loss.
Then there was deep anger.
”What a C --!” Opal roared, ”I've learned so hard that there must be something wrong with it!”
The clerk said regretfully, ”this is the score given by the grey wolf instructor. I wish you a long life, next...”
Opal said, ”no! Is there something in this? I'm... ”
”Don't crowd there!” ”Get out of the way!” the recruits yelled
At most, opal's biggest deduction point was that he had been delayed in the cooperation with Dushu. He had no idea that he had just passed the examination. He had suffered great humiliation. He must go to the gray wolf for an explanation.
”Hi, recruit.” ”Are you angry?” the wolf said
Opal: ”drillmaster, it shouldn't be like this...”
The wolf said: ”you will understand later, the higher the initial score, the less conducive to your growth, that's it.”
Opal: you
Gray wolf smile left, opal catch up, gray wolf but get on the car, whew a run.
The sun is shining, and it's a new week. Standing in the sun on the top of the building, opal has a deep sense of powerlessness. He wants to tear the report card. However, the paper can't be torn, and it can't be burned. So he has to give up his life.
The next thing is to report back to sunlight city and become a regular mercenary.
After a moment of silence, opal felt unreal, a little nervous and afraid, and a little unbelievable. This is the end of the training. In 60 days, it's like a complete transformation. I really learned a lot. This training course is not in vain, but the real way is only now.
Opal gets on the bus and returns to the sunshine city with his report card. He can sign in here and join the mercenary Corps in any branch of liexing, or take on some small tasks as he can.
”But I suggest you start with someone and learn from them.” The clerk said, ”this is your mercenary manual. Take it. You can record all your tasks with it. Your current level is quasi-f, and you need to be graded by the first task.”
Opal: what are you talking about
Behind a noisy, a group leader crowded in and yelled: ”I'll go to you! Asshole! What about the employer you promised to find me! ”The clerk was scolded by the people behind him and lost his patience and yelled: ”the first task is very important! After completion, you will be given a rating, if the degree of completion is high, you will be promoted to F grade directly! If the mission fails, go back to the recruits' school and go back to the factory to rebuild! Step by step, how many points and tasks do you need! It's very clear on the last page! Go back and see for yourself